5 Tips For Handling The H-1B Visa Process

Law360, San Diego (January 31, 2014, 10:41 PM EST) -- With another competitive year in store for U.S. businesses looking to secure some of the 85,000 visas annually available for foreign workers in specialized fields, employers should begin to prepare their H-1B visa petitions now, review the financial impacts of hiring these workers and avoid making any verbal contracts promising work, experts say.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on April 1 is set to accept H-1B visa petitions for fiscal year 2015, and employers are expected to file more applications and see more rejections than last...